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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Verboticisms
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Annoyhilate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ənoiəlāt
Sentence: Genny really didn*t know how break up with Peter, so she set out to annoyhilate their relationship. He was able to tolerate the **dainties** hanging in the shower and the load of laundry where she **accidently** washed all his whites with her new red blouse. He could even grin and bear it when she picked her teeth in public. What finally put it over the edge and sent him packing was her laugh/snort. And she hadn*t even planned that one.
Etymology: annoy [irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry] + annihilate [destroy utterly; obliterate]
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COMMENTS:
good word...well describes all those annoyhellations! - Nosila, 2009-09-09: 14:39:00
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Pignobility
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: pig/no/bil/it/ee
Sentence: His pattern of pignobility left her with a fetid feeling that their relationship would not survive a week.
Etymology: pig (metaphor for dirty) + ignobility (offensive behavior)
Irrimating
Created by: MrDigdigdig
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bob's nose picking quickly became irrimating to Linda
Etymology:
Chewumuy
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: che-wu-mu-ae
Sentence: I took him for a nice guy when first i met him in university but he proved a chewumuy latter on , i just hate these fellows.
Etymology: chewing + gum. chew form chewing, um from gum. uy from guy. chewing gum tastes great at start but just gets irritating latter on.
Agitrait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt
Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.
Etymology: agitate + trait
Tickleme
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'tik-&l-"mE/
Sentence: While the toddler quickly learned that affecting a lisp was a good way to get adults to do what she wanted, it wasn't until long after it started having the opposite effect that she realized it for the tickleme it was.
Etymology: As in the "Tickle-me Elmo" doll. Some (not all) may have found it once cute, but no talking toy with less than a 50-sentence vocabulary can help but become annoying after awhile.
Jiltrait
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: jill-trate (rhymes with filtrate)
Sentence: Hogan wondered why his relationships never lasted; finally a friend told him about all of his bad jiltraits.
Etymology: jilt + trait
Irritrait
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt
Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them
Etymology: irritate, trait
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COMMENTS:
This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00
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Cutetopuke
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.
Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.
Damnerism
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: dam.e.rism
Sentence: A few months and a few damnerisms later they decided to quit trying and got a divorce
Etymology: damn+mannerism
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COMMENTS:
Hey W5, I think you're the best! I'm voting for your word today! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
thanks meister, I liked that word myself, actually - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 02:05:00
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Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.